Business world awakening to risk of climate change

With Global Divestment Day just around the corner, awareness of climate change risk was in the news last week. Norway’s $850 billion Government Pension Fund Global removed 32 coal mining companies from its portfolio, citing risks to profits from regulatory action on climate change, while 14 well-known CEOs called on countries gathering in Paris in December to commit to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050 to avoid “catastrophic” climate change. Oil giants Shell and BP backed shareholder resolutions demanding they assess how their businesses will withstand global efforts to address climate change; reduce carbon emissions; invest in renewable energy; and share information about bonuses that reward “climate-harming activities.”

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For over 20 years, Seth has covered issues of natural resources and the environment as a freelance journalist for numerous publications, including The Nation, Sierra, Orion, Newsweek, and the Christian Science Monitor. He is the co-editor and co-author of Salmon Nation: People, Fish, and Our Common Home (Ecotrust, 1999) and author of Saving Our Ancient Forests (Living Planet Press, 1991). He taught environmental journalism for two semesters at Brown University and directed the forestry programs of northern California’s Mattole Restoration Council from 2006 to 2011. Seth’s work with Climate Solutions marks a return to his academic roots: he holds an A.B. from Stanford in Energy Studies (1983), and an M.S. from UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group (1990).

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